diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f06017a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710734606,
+        "narHash": "sha256-rFJl+WXfksu2NkWJWKGd5Km17ZGEjFg9hOQNwstsoU8=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "79bb4155141a5e68f2bdee2bf6af35b1d27d3a1d",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "id": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "indirect"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "systems": "systems"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15f3cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    systems.url = "github:nix-systems/default";
+  };
+
+  outputs = {
+    systems,
+    nixpkgs,
+    ...
+  } @ inputs: let
+    eachSystem = f:
+      nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs (import systems) (
+        system:
+          f nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}
+      );
+  in {
+    devShells = eachSystem (pkgs: {
+      default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        buildInputs = [
+          pkgs.nodejs_20
+          pkgs.nodePackages.pnpm
+          pkgs.nodePackages.typescript
+          pkgs.nodePackages.typescript-language-server
+        ];
+      };
+    });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/page.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/page.tsx
index 46cafc4..f2bfd5b 100644
--- a/src/app/(dashboard)/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/page.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default async function DashboardHome() {
           </CardTitle>
         </CardHeader>
         <CardContent>
-          <p className="text-primary-foreground/70">
+          <p className="text-primary-foreground/75">
             <Check className="mr-2 inline-block" />
             Hostforge is up to date. (v1.0.0)
             <br />
diff --git a/src/app/error.tsx b/src/app/error.tsx
index 2b6d0fe..a43c137 100644
--- a/src/app/error.tsx
+++ b/src/app/error.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function Error({
   if (
     error.stack &&
     error.stack.split("\n")[0] ===
-      "TRPCClientError: You must be logged in to perform this action."
+    "TRPCClientError: You must be logged in to perform this action."
   ) {
     console.log("redirecting to login");
     return redirect("/login");
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ export default function Error({
               Please start the Docker daemon and reload the page.
             </p>
           </Card>
+        ) : error.message.includes("This node is not a swarm manager.") ? (
+          <Card className="p-4">
+            <h2>Docker is not running in swarm mode.</h2>
+            <p className="text-sm">
+              Check our wiki for instructions on how to resolve this issue.
+            </p>
+          </Card>
         ) : (
           <h2>
             An unexpected error has occured: <br /> {error.message}
diff --git a/src/server/db/index.ts b/src/server/db/index.ts
index 0941835..839f5f0 100644
--- a/src/server/db/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/db/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import SQLite3 from "better-sqlite3";
+import chalk from "chalk";
 import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/better-sqlite3";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
 import { join } from "path";
 import { env } from "~/env";
 import logger from "../utils/logger";
@@ -10,6 +13,37 @@ const globalForDB = globalThis as unknown as {
 };
 
 function createDatabaseInstance() {
+  const LOGGER = logger.child({ module: "database" });
+
+  // Create database folder if does not exist
+  const databaseFolder = path.resolve(path.dirname(env.DATABASE_PATH));
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(databaseFolder)) {
+    LOGGER.debug(
+      `Folder "${chalk.yellow(databaseFolder)}" does not exist, creating...`,
+    );
+
+    try {
+      fs.mkdirSync(databaseFolder, {
+        recursive: true,
+        mode: 0o700,
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      LOGGER.error(
+        `Failed to create database directory. Either create it manually or check the permissions of the parent folder.`,
+        error,
+      );
+
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    LOGGER.info(
+      `Created previously non-existent database folder ${chalk.yellow(
+        databaseFolder,
+      )}`,
+    );
+  }
+
   const sqlite = new SQLite3(env.DATABASE_PATH);
 
   // enable WAL mode
@@ -17,6 +51,14 @@ function createDatabaseInstance() {
 
   // load uuidv7 extension
   // built from https://github.com/craigpastro/sqlite-uuidv7
+  if (env.SQLITE_UUIDV7_EXT_PATH) {
+    LOGGER.warn(
+      `Be careful when loading custom UUIDv7 extensions, currently Hostforge is set to load from: "${chalk.yellow(
+        path.resolve(env.SQLITE_UUIDV7_EXT_PATH),
+      )}"! Non-official extensions may contain backdoors or introduce new vulnerabilities.`,
+    );
+  }
+
   sqlite.loadExtension(
     env.SQLITE_UUIDV7_EXT_PATH ??
       join(
@@ -30,7 +72,7 @@ function createDatabaseInstance() {
     schema,
     logger: {
       logQuery(query) {
-        logger.child({ module: "database" }).debug(query);
+        LOGGER.debug(query);
       },
     },
   });